Hope there isn't already a topic about this...
Let me start you all off with some info. I am a young woman. I am fairly small, 5 foot four and 135 lbs. I am leaving for college in california (ugh, I know, but there's good engineering colleges at least), and I will be 16 years old when I go. I will probably live with a relative the first year, but after that (17, 18, 19 years old), I will be a young, small woman all on her own.
Wait, add something else to that list.
Unarmed.
In California and many other states, I know that it's incredibly hard for a young person to get her hands on a gun. Even for self-protection. Even to keep from being raped. What do I do? Break the law? Go unprotected? I own a rifle and a Lorcin .380 in my father's name, but I can't take it over the border- hell, I can't even really touch it in California if I'm 16. What to do?
Let me start you all off with some info. I am a young woman. I am fairly small, 5 foot four and 135 lbs. I am leaving for college in california (ugh, I know, but there's good engineering colleges at least), and I will be 16 years old when I go. I will probably live with a relative the first year, but after that (17, 18, 19 years old), I will be a young, small woman all on her own.
Wait, add something else to that list.
Unarmed.
In California and many other states, I know that it's incredibly hard for a young person to get her hands on a gun. Even for self-protection. Even to keep from being raped. What do I do? Break the law? Go unprotected? I own a rifle and a Lorcin .380 in my father's name, but I can't take it over the border- hell, I can't even really touch it in California if I'm 16. What to do?